SUMMA Symposium

17/06/2019

LAST CHANCE! Sign up now for tomorrow's SUMMA symposium! www.summasymposium.com/register/

and with that, we will also be presenting our last parallel speaker: Dr. Math Pieters.

Dr. Math Pieters has been the head of the laboratory for assisted reproductive techniques (ART) (Voortplantingslaboratorium) at the UMC Utrecht since 2015. In his parallel session he will discuss different aspects of reproductive work at the UMC Utrecht.

Whereas IVF initially was designed to overcome female infertility factors, working in a laboratory for assisted reproduction has nowadays gone far beyond these techniques. In cases of infertility of unknown cause the work in the lab might, in several cases, disclose the real infertility factor. Many things are possible in reproductive labs and discussion on ethics take place on all the aspects.

See you there!

Register Name Email How would you like to attend? Please select the parallel sessions you would like to attend. If you are only attending the morning sessions, please select N/A. First choice Parallel Session I Second choice Parallel Session I First choice Parallel Session II Second choice Parallel....

15/06/2019

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Introducing another set of parallel speakers: Esmée Lindenbergh & Dr. Roos de Jonge.

Topic: Androgenitaal Syndroom

You’ve just given birth: the doctors tell you they are not sure if your baby is a (little) boy or a (little) girl. You need to wait 6 days before the test results come back from the lab. How does the news affect parents and other members of the family? In addition to the inevitable medical issues what
other challenges will this bring?

A heartfelt story from a mother of a 9 year old girl with AGS (UK: CAH).

Unfortunately this parallel session will only be held in Dutch. Interested? Sign up now!

Register Name Email How would you like to attend? Please select the parallel sessions you would like to attend. If you are only attending the morning sessions, please select N/A. First choice Parallel Session I Second choice Parallel Session I First choice Parallel Session II Second choice Parallel....

14/06/2019

Time for another parallel speaker - this time it's a team of two! Dr. Annemarie Verrijn-Stuart & Drs. Maaike van Kuyk.

Dr Verrijn Stuart finished training as a pediatric endocrinologist in 2007 and has worked in the WKZ/UMCU since; currently as the head of the pediatric endocrinology department. Furthermore, she is the chair of the UMCU DSD Center (differences/ disorders of s*x differentiation) and also member of the national DSDNET as well as I-DSD. Her focus in pediatric endocrinology is on DSD (differences of s*x development); rare endocrine tumors and Mc Cune-Albright syndrome.

Drs M van Kuyk is a clinical psychologist and cognitive behavioral therapist. She started her career in Nijmegen at the Radboud UMC as a medical psychologist. Since 2009 she works in the WKZ/UMCU. One of her specializations is the care of children with DSD and their families.

Together they will present challenges in care for DSD patients from an endocrinologists and a psychologist point
of view.

Another great session! So sign up now:

13/06/2019

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Introducing our third plenary speaker: Prof. Dr. Tom de Jong! His talk will be focused on surgery for disorders of s*xual development (DSD).

Head of one of the world’s larger departments of paediatric urology, Prof. Dr. Tom de Jong is a paediatric urologist who specialises in reconstructive surgery for complex congenital and acquired anomalies of the urogenital tract. In his research, de Jong focuses on treating congenital diseases and conditions of the urogenital tract, incontinence caused by (non-) neurological disorders as well as nephrogenesis. In 2006, Dr De Jong became the first person in Europe to receive an internationally accredited teaching qualification in the field of paedriatic urology. He is also a fellow of the European Academy of Pediatric Urology and the American Academy of Pediatrics. De Jong has contributed immensely to his field, and although he recently retired from clinical practice, he still remains active and available for complex surgical problems all over the world.

https://www.uva.nl/content/nieuws/hoogleraarsbenoemingen/2011/11/dhr-dr-t-p-v-m-de-jong.html?1560420339817

Dhr. dr. T.P.V.M. de Jong is benoemd tot bijzonder hoogleraar Kinderurologie aan de Faculteit der Geneeskunde.

12/06/2019

This year we are kindly sponsored by the Utrecht Universiteitsfonds! For more information, like their page:
https://www.facebook.com/STUF.Ufonds/

The day is nearing: remember to sign up now! www.summasymposium.com/register/

De studentencommissie behandelt alle subsidieaanvragen en staat voor je klaar wanneer je vragen hierover hebt.

11/06/2019

Reminder to register ASAP to make sure you can attend your preferred parallel session! www.summasymposium.com/register/

To help your decision, let us introduce you to the next parallel session speaker:

A Workshop: The Impact of S*x and Gender in Biomedical Research! By Prof. Dr. Sabine Oertelt-Prigione (MD MScPH, PhD).

Prof. Dr. Oertelt-Prigione is the Strategic Chair for Gender in Primary and Transmural Care at Radboud University in Nijmegen, Netherlands and a senior researcher at the Institute of Legal Medicine of Charité – Universitätsmedizin in Berlin, Germany. She leads teams in the two countries focusing on s*x and gender in (bio)medical research and healthcare organizations. She is interested in the implementation of methods for the investigation of s*x and gender in (bio)medicine, its innovative potential and hurdles for its implementation. Her secondary focus is on the development of participatory strategies for the prevention of gendered discrimination in organizations. https://www.radboudumc.nl/en/people/sabine-oertelt-prigione

Interested? Read more about our other speakers at www.summasymposium.com/speakers/

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06/06/2019

Registration has opened! Go to www.summasymposium.com/register/

With all our speakers confirmed, we are now able to open registration for this year's symposium: S*x and Gender in Medicine: Venus, Mars and Beyond!

Entry is free, lunch will be provided and the day will be filled with interesting speakers (see program). Can't attend the entire day? Not a problem, come whenever you can.

Sign up ASAP so we can make sure you can attend your preferred parallel session!

04/06/2019

It's time for us to reveal another speaker!

The way we've organised the symposium is that everyone can attend the first three plenary sessions and after lunch we will be dividing into smaller groups to then focus interests during two parallel sessions. For each parallel session, you will have the choice of three different speakers and their own topic of expertise. As the sessions will be held in smaller groups, they can be more interactive.

And today we're introducing one of the parallel speakers and his topic of interest: Dr. Jan Kroon – Leiden University Medical Center

His latest research focuses on deciphering why GR signaling is s*xually dimorphic, and investigates how androgen receptor signaling influences GR action in metabolic tissues. During the symposium he will elaborate on the interaction between the stress hormone cortisol and the s*x hormone testosterone (present in both men and women), and how this contributes to the development of metabolic diseases.

https://www.bijniernet.nl/…/man-vrouw-verschillen-jan-kroon/

Dr. Kroon was educated at the University of Leiden (B.Sc.) and the VU University Amsterdam (M.Sc.), including a period abroad at Imperial College London. His PhD-project (2012-2016) investigated GR function in prostate cancer. Dr. Kroon started his first postdoc position in the group of Prof. Onno Meijer, where he examined GR signaling in metabolic disease. During this period he evaluated the utility of selective GR modulators in models for Cushing’s disease, obesity and liver steatosis.

Intrigued? Come to the symposium to find out more!

Jan Kroon blogt over zijn onderzoek naar de wisselwerking tussen stresshormonen en geslachtshormonen en of deze anders is bij mannen of vrouwen.

22/05/2019

Next up: the second plenary speaker! Topic: BRAIN.

Dr. Rachel Brouwer – University Medical Center Utrecht

The most consistent finding comparing female and male brains is a 10% difference in volume. Despite this difference in overall size, differences between adult female and male brains are rather subtle. In puberty and adolescence, there are pronounced differences in the developmental trajectory of brain morphology. Girls generally show an earlier start of brain development that is observed in the teenage years, matching the earlier start of puberty in girls compared with boys. This talk will focus on the different trajectories of development, and discuss the potential influence of hormones on brain development.

Dr. Brouwer obtained her PhD in the field of mathematics at the Center of Mathematics and Computer Science in 2005. Changing course, she subsequently started working at the department of psychiatry at the UMCU and currently works as an assistant professor in neuroimaging.

Dr. Brouwer’s main interests lie in the development of the brain during puberty. As the senior investigator on the BrainSCALE project, a longitudinal study that investigates brain development and cognition during adolescence, she examines to what extent genes, environment and hormones influence brain development. She will provide a neuroscientific perspective on how brain development in puberty differs between men and women.
http://www.neuromri.nl/rachel-brouwer/

Did this spark your interest? Come to the symposium to hear more!

Rachel Brouwer currently works as an assistant professor in Neuroimaging group of the Department of Psychiatry in the University Medical Center Utrecht. She graduated from the University of Amsterdam in Business and Industrial Statistics in 1999 and in Mathematics in 2001. Subsequently, she did a Ph...

20/05/2019

Less than a month away! Watch the official video for SUMMA Symposium 2019 now.

S*x and Gender in Medicine: Venus, Mars and Beyond...

Everyone is welcome to attend this exciting day filled with interesting speakers.

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15/05/2019

We have been actively searching for speakers who are experts in their field relating to S*x and Gender in Medicine. And we are pleased to present our first plenary session speaker: Angela Maas!

Prof. dr. Angela Maas will be elucidating the vast and fascinating differences between men and women specifically in relation to her area of interest Cardiology. She has made vital contributions to this field: heart disease in women has never been understood better, but there's still work to do. The female heart has been neglected in research in the past, and with differences in symptoms and thus therapies between men and women, this is definitely a topic worth discussing.

Angela Maas has been a cardiologist since 1988. Over the past 27 years she has specialized in heart disease in women. Since May 2012 she holds a chair in ‘Cardiology for Women’ at the Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The main focus of her work are cardiac symptoms in women at middle-age and the role of female-specific risk factors in (early) heart disease. In the past years she started an expert center for microvascular coronary disease at the Radboudumc. In 2015 she initiated the Dutch SCAD registry (coronary dissections) and she is now developing the theme cardio-oncology for women treated for breast cancer. Her aim is to widely implement a more gender sensitive cardiology care and to make the cardiology community friendlier for women. She has been awarded by the Dutch society of female physicians (2010), Libelle Magazine (2010), the Radboudumc (2014), ‘VrouwenvanNu’ (2015) and was knighted to Officer of Oranje Nassau in 2017. She is listed as one of the most powerful women in Dutch healthcare (Opzij 2011-2018). In 2014 she initiated the Radboudumc fund Heart for Women (www.hartvoorvrouwen.nl) to collect funding for innovative project in cardiology care for women. In May 2019 she released her book: ‘HartvoorVrouwen’, Arbeiderspers, to explain heart disease in women to a broader public. She was recently elected to be the UN representative 2020 of the Dutch Women’s council.

As a key player in the human body, the heart needs to be fully acknowledged for all it is worth. We can't wait to hear what Angela Maas has in store for us. Are you ready?

Per dag sterven in Nederland 57 vrouwen aan hart- en vaatziekten Lees verhalen van patiënten Lees het verhaal van Truus Nijmeegse Vierdaagse 2019 Loopt u mee voor Hart voor Vrouwen? Uw steun is hard nodig. Lees meer Uw steun maakt het verschil Dankzij uw steun kunnen wij onderzoek doen en onze pat...

15/05/2019

Welcome to the official page for this year's SUMMA Symposium!

S*x and Gender in Medicine: Venus, Mars and Beyond...

S*x and gender are current and controversial topics, as they touch upon our identity as individuals. The symposium will explore s*x and gender development as well as s*x and gender differences in clinical practice and research. Furthermore, with gender reassignment we go beyond the definition of gender. The day will consist of several lectures, pitches and a panel discussion.

This symposium is for (bio)medical students as well as researchers, medical specialists, or anyone interested in the topic. Will we see you there?